Intersectionality Reading Group

3rd Friday of each month
Facilitator: Jim Olive (jolive@ashland.edu)

Suggested Reading

Bettie, J. (2000). Women without class: Chicas, cholas, trash and the presence/absence of class identity. Signs, 26(1), 1-35.

Cassidy, W., & Jackson, M. (2005). The need for equality in education: An intersectionality examination of labeling and zero tolerance practices. McGill Journal of Education, 40(3), 435-456.

Choo, H. Y., & Ferree, M. M. (2010). Practicing intersectionality in sociological research: A critical analysis of inclusions, interactions, and institutions in the study of inequalities. Sociological Theory, 28(2), 129-149.

Cole, E. R. (2009). Intersectionality and research in psychology. American Psychologist, 64(3), 170-180. doi: 10.1037/a0014564

Collins, P. H. (2000). Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge Press.

Crenshaw, K. (1991). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review, 43(6), 1241-1299.

Cunningham, N. J. (2007). Level of bonding to school and perception of school environment by bullies, victims and bully victims. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 27(4), 457-478.

Davis, K. (2008). Intersectionality as buzzword: A sociology of science perspective on what makes a feminist theory successful. Feminist Theory, 9, 67-85.

Dhamoon, R. K. (2011). Considerations on mainstreaming intersectionality. Political Research Quarterly, 64, 230-243.

Dill, B. T., & Zambrana, R. E. (Eds.). (2009). Emerging intersections: Race, class, and gender in theory, policy, and practice. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press.

Griffin, K. A., & Reddick, R. J. (2011). Surveillance and sacrifice: Gender differences in the mentoring patterns of Black professors at predominantly White research universities. American Educational Research Journal, 48(5), 1032-1057. doi: 10.3102/0002831211405025.

Hancock, A. M. (2007). When multiplication doesn’t equal quick addition: Examining intersectionality as a research paradigm. Perspectives on Politics, 5(1), 63-79.

Hulko, W. (2009). The time- and context-contingent nature of intersectionality and interlocking oppressions. Journal of Women and Social Work, 24(1), 44-55.

McCall, L. (2005). The complexity of intersectionality. Signs, 30(3), 1771-1800.

Nash, J. C. (2008). Re-thinking intersectionality. Feminist Review, 89, 1-15.

Nuñez, A-M. & Murakami-Ramalho, E. (2011). Advocacy in the hyphen: Perspectives from Latina junior faculty at a Hispanic-serving institution. In G. Jean-Marie and B. Lloyd Jones (Eds.), Women of color in higher education: Turbulent past, promising future (pp. 171-194). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Rahman, M. (2010). Queer as intersectionality: Theorizing gay Muslim identities. Sociology, 44, 944-961.

Valentine, G. (2007). Theorizing and researching intersectionality: A challenge for feminist geography. The Professional Geographer, 59(1), 10-21.